Juvenile poemsJ. French, 1777 - 195 pages |
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... mountain's fide , Thus Daphnis fpoke , and Strephon thus reply'd . DAPHNIS . Hear how the birds , on ev'ry bloomy spray , With joyous mufic wake the dawning day ! Why fit we mute , when early linnets fing , When warbling Philomel ...
... mountain's fide , Thus Daphnis fpoke , and Strephon thus reply'd . DAPHNIS . Hear how the birds , on ev'ry bloomy spray , With joyous mufic wake the dawning day ! Why fit we mute , when early linnets fing , When warbling Philomel ...
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... mountain let me tune my lays , Embrace my love and bind my brows with bays . That flute is mine which Colin's tuneful breath Infpir'd when living , and bequeath'd in death : He faid ; Alexis , take this pipe , the fame That taught the ...
... mountain let me tune my lays , Embrace my love and bind my brows with bays . That flute is mine which Colin's tuneful breath Infpir'd when living , and bequeath'd in death : He faid ; Alexis , take this pipe , the fame That taught the ...
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... mountains hear the pow'rful call , And headlong streams hang list'ning in their fall ! But fee , the shepherds fhun the noon - day heat , The lowing herds to murm'ring brooks retreat , To clofer shades the panting flocks remove ; Ye ...
... mountains hear the pow'rful call , And headlong streams hang list'ning in their fall ! But fee , the shepherds fhun the noon - day heat , The lowing herds to murm'ring brooks retreat , To clofer shades the panting flocks remove ; Ye ...
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... And fleecy clouds were streak'd with purple light ; When tuneful Hylas with melodious moan , Taught rocks to weep and made the mountains groan . Go , gentle gales , and bear my fighs away AUTU M N : AUTUMN, the Third Paftoral.
... And fleecy clouds were streak'd with purple light ; When tuneful Hylas with melodious moan , Taught rocks to weep and made the mountains groan . Go , gentle gales , and bear my fighs away AUTU M N : AUTUMN, the Third Paftoral.
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... mountains , lefs'ning as they rise , Lofe the low vales , and steal into the skies ; While labouring oxen , fpent with toil and heat , In their loofe traces from the field retreat : While curling fmoaks from village - tops are seen ...
... mountains , lefs'ning as they rise , Lofe the low vales , and steal into the skies ; While labouring oxen , fpent with toil and heat , In their loofe traces from the field retreat : While curling fmoaks from village - tops are seen ...
Common terms and phrases
ancient ANTISTROPHE ariſe beauty Belinda beſt bleft bluſh breaſt bright ceafe charms critics Cynthus DAPHNIS Eclogue Eurydice ev'ry eyes facred faid fair fame fate fatire fcenes feas feem fenfe fhades fhall fhining fhould fighs filent filver fince fing firſt fkies flame flocks flow flowers foft fome fong foon forefts foul fpirits fpring ftill ftreams fubject fuch fung fwains fwell fylvan Gnome grace groves hair heart heaven honours infpire itſelf laft laſt lefs lofe loft lov'd lyre maid moſt mournful Mufe mufic muſt nature numbers nymph o'er paffion Paftoral paſt Phaon Phoebus plain pleaſe pleaſure praiſe rage refound rife Sappho ſcene SEMICHORUS ſhades ſhall ſhe ſhine ſhore ſkies ſky ſpread ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtrains Sylphs tears thee thefe Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand thro trembling Umbriel uſeful vafe Virg virgin whofe whoſe winds